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Nature observations in a Rainforest in Kuranda, Queensland, Australia, Subscribe to this blog: bunyipco-subscribe@yahoogroups.com

Monday, 18 January 2021

Waiting for Kimi

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 The Orange-thighed Treefrog Litoria xanthomera This orange-thighed Treefrog (Litoria xanthomera) is basking in the light rain. It may have...
Sunday, 27 December 2020

Holiday Katydids

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 The rains have come-sort of. Adult katydids are showing up at the lights as well as on the rainforest vegetation. The first Queensland Palm...
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Sunday, 20 December 2020

2020 was a Bummer of a Year for This Little Gecko As Well

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 The other morning I came across this incident on our front porch. A small Brown Tree Snake (Night Tiger), Boiga irregularis (Colubridae) h...
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Monday, 7 December 2020

Australia's (and Probably the World's) Longest Insect

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Ctenomorpha gargantua Brock & Hasenpusch, the Gargantuan Stick-Insect, is no doubt one of the world's longest insects. Females meas...
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Saturday, 14 November 2020

New Book

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The Queensland Museum has issued a new edition of its popular Wildlife of Tropical North Queensland. Originally published about 20 years ago...
Tuesday, 13 October 2020

Termes on the Wing

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 After several weeks of dry weather, we had a nice drop of rain. That prompted the local Termes species to initiate a nuptial flight.   The...
Saturday, 3 October 2020

Spring Has Sprung

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On 29 September 2020 the first chorusing Northern Green Grocer Cicadas were heard in Kuranda. They are very noisy and you can hear what they...
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David and family moved to Kuranda, Queensland in 2002, following retirement from CSIRO Canberra, Australia. David, Barbara and an assortment of wildlife live in a rainforest setting. It is their first experience living in the tropics. David's major interest is Entomology. He continues research in the Orthopteroid insects and is keenly interested in the biology of the rainforest. This blog is a narrative of observations made in and around Kuranda. AND REMEMBER TO SEE MORE INSECTS GO TO: http://www.flickr.com/photos/naturenoises/ AND PROCEED TO THE "ALBUMS"
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